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Elkin Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge VOL. No. XXVIII. No. 23 MPWP Fr ° m NEWS s^e |]\ and BRIEF Na r DEATH TOLL SHOWS DECLINE Raleigh, April 18—Highway accidents this year meant death for 177 persons in North Carolina through March, compared with 179 through March in 1938, the highway safety division said today. Total accidents this year were 1,635 through last month, nine per cent, less than the 1,- 809 recorded for the period in 1938, and total injuries were 1,485, off 15 per cent, from the 1,747 last year. r m In March, 60 persons were killed in the state, four less thafc for March a year ago, ami 489 injuries were receiv ed in 522 motor vehicle acci dents last month. In March, 1938, 544 injuries resulted from 592 accidents. TRADE TREATIES HELP RESIST NAZIS Washington, April 18—Sec retary of State Cord ell Bull declared tonight that neces sary economic weapons for nations wishing to resist the pressure of international trade | methods practiced by Germany and Italy may be found in the administration's reciprocal trade treaties program. His views, regarded as a new invitation for wider participa tion in the reciprocal plan, were contained in a special statement in which he said that Commerce Department figures indicated that the United States has been far more successful than Germany in restoring its commerce with trade-agreement countries. BENES AIDS IN CZECH MOVEMENT Chicago, April 18—Dr. Ed uard Bents,' former president of Czechoslovakia, tonight ac cepted leadership of an inter national movement to restore the independence of his home land. The erstwhile head of the European state now dominat ed by Nazi Germany assumed the role at the behest of many of his countrymen scattered throughout the world. His decision was announced alter conferences attended by representatives of 1,500,000 Americans of Czech and Slo vak descent, and friends and officials of the Chechoslovak ian republic. PRISON POPULATION SHOWS INCREASE Raleigh, April 18—The pop ulation of North Carolina's state-operated prisons increas ed 195 daring- March, Oscar Pttts, state superintendent of prisons, announced today. On March 1 the prison divi / sion was supervising 9,678 prisoners. On April 1 the to tal was 9,873. Nineteen prisoners escaped during the month, and 24 were recaptured. Inmates qp April. 1 included 5,913 Negro 3,728 white men, 176 Negro women and 56 white women. TOWN TAX OFFICE IS NOW IN NEW CITY HALL The town tax office, until yes terday located in the Greenwood building on West Market street, is now in its new building on East Market, the transfer into the new City Hall having been made Wednesday afternoon. Work on the municipal build ing was practically complete with the task of putting down a side walk on the west side of Court street finished yesterday. HOLD V REVIVAL AT ELKIN BAPTIST CHURCH Beginning June 18, a two weeks revival service will be held at the First Baptist church in this city, according to Rev. Eph Whisenhunt, pastor of the % church. Dr. J. R. Jester, who served for 13 years as pastor of the First Baptist church in Win ston-Salem, and -who is now in |. evangelistic work, will assist in J the meeting. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE Crowns Senator Alben W. Barkley, of Kentucky, crowned Mi* Peggy Towasend Queen of the annual Cherry Blossom Festi val on the polo grounds in Po tomac Park, Washington, D. C. Poto shows Senator Bark ley kissing the queen after the coronation ceremonies. ' STUDENTS ARE HOSTS MONDAY Home Economics Class of High School Here Enter tains Mothers DRESSES ARE MODELED Students of the Home Econom ics department of the local high school entertained their mothers at a tea at the high school Mon day afternoon from 4:30 until 5:30. Prior to the tea the stu dents modeled various garments made in the class room before the guests. During the fashion show winners were selected to at tend the second annual county wide fashion show at Mt. Airy on Tuesday. The show was presented by Miss Mary Holland, home ec onomics instructor. Students winning in the var ious groups were: Cotton dresses: Annie Lee Cothren, Louise Eid son, Margaret Daye, Dorothy Masten, Pearl Hinson and Peggy Royall; linen dresses: Clyde Myers and Kalee Walker; shorts: Constance Greenwood and Mad eline Myers: smocks: Mable Da vis; house coats: Mary Crater and Dorothy Murphy; woolen dresses: Nan Johnson and Ger aldine Couch; woolen skirts: Louise Laffoon and Betty Gam bill; slips: Mary Felts; pajamas: Rosamond Neaves; evening dresses: Geraldine Couch. All of the winners, accompan ied by their instructor and a number of mothers, attended the county-wide show in Mount Airy on Tuesday. The following El kin girls won in the county: Cotton dresses, first place, Louise Ed son; second place, Margaret Daye; house coats, Dorothy Murphy, second place; evening dresses, Geraldine Couch, second place. Mount Airy won the lov ing cup in the county show and Elkin tied for second place. Nine schools of the county participat ed in the contest. Following the show the visitors were entertain ed at a tea by the Mt. Airy group. Elkin won first honors last year in the county-wide show. MARY FRANCES COMBS TO REPRESENT SURRY Miss Mary Prances Combs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Combs, a member of the high school freshman class here, won the honor of representing Surry county In the Journal-Sentinel spelling bee in Winston-Salem on April 29. Miss Combs was coun ty winner competing with en trants from other schools in the county in the elimination contest Wednesday afternoon at Dobson. Miss Combs won last year and represented the county in the tournament, however, she lost in the finals. She is known, re spected and feared by other en trants in any spelling group as she can spell and they know it. WEAVER RE-APPOINTED JONESVILLE PRINCIPAL At a recent meeting of the re appointed Jonesville school board. Professor L. 8. Weaver was re elected to serve his sixth year as principal of the Jonesville school. Announcement of teacher selec tions will be made at a later date, it was said. LINDBERGH IS CALLED BACK FOR U.S. DUTY Move Made to Insure Air Supremacy WORKS WITH AIR CORPS Noted Flier to Make Survey of Aviation Research Fa cilities in Nation IS RESERVE COLONEL Washington, April 18 Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, world's most famous flier, was called to the colors today in a dramatic move to insure that the United States army shall have world leadership in the development of warplanes. A few days after' expert wit nesses had told congressional committees that Germany was building better planes than the United States, the surprise an nouncement was issued by Secre tary of War Woodring that Lind berg, an air corps reserve officer, had gone on active duty and would make a survey of Ameri can aviation research facilities for the army air corps. The "lone eagle" reported to day at the office of the chief of the air corps, Maj. Gen. Henry Arnold. He \hen departed on an inspection trip of research cen ters. Later he will make a con fidential report to General Ar nold. Besides his world-known ex periences as a practical flier, Lindbergh has been in close touch, during his prolonged stay abroad, with the aeronautical ac complishments in Europe. In his capacity as reserve colonel, and as a member of the national ad visory committee for aeronautics, he has kept officials here in touch with developments which came under his observation. Lindbergh recently returned to the United States fog an indef inite stay. Apart from Lindbergh's knowl edge of planes, it was believed that Woodring was counting on his world renown to dramatize the research problem and there by facilitate action on it. Recently colleagues of Lind bergh on the national advisory committee, which is the official body directing government avia tion research, had testified on Capitol Hill that Germany had leaped ahead of the United States, largely because of the emphasis it placed on research. Traphill Seniors To Present Play Saturday Evening Members of the senior class of Traphill high school will present a play, "Penny Wise," a comedy in three acts, on Saturday even ing in the school auditorium at 8 o'clock. Preceding the play a district commencement will be held at which time certificates will be awarded seventh grade grad uates. Athletic events are also scheduled for the various schools of the district. Sunday evening, April 23. at 8 o'clock Rev. J. L. A. Bumgarner will deliver the commencement sermon and the graduation exer cises will be held Monday even ing, April 24, at 8 o'clock. Rev. Watt M. Cooper, pastor of the Presbyterian church at North Wilkesboro, will deliver the com mencement address. A cordial invitation is extend ed the public to attend all of the programs. HOTEL ELKIN IS , SOLD FOR $45,000 Hotel Elkin, offered for sale at public auction here last Friday afternoon, was bid in by the In vestors Service Corp., of Rich mond, Va. The bid was $45,000. W. M. Allen, local attorney, was in charge of the sale, acting as auctioneer. The $45,000 bid will have to stand for ten days before the sale can be confirmed. WIND TAKES ROOF OFF OF HOUSE HERE The home of Montgomery Lyons, located near the Elkin ele mentary school building, was un roofed Tuesday afternoon by the wind. Of tin, the roof was rolled up like a carpet. A portion of it was blown several yards from the house. ELRIN. N. C„ THURSDAY. At*RIL 20, 1939 rjrUT Pictured here are members of the Women's i 1 Oil i Army Corps, of Albania, who were called upon to defend their tiny country against the invasion of Italy. They are pictured during a recent parade in Tirana, the capital. J Jgg| . AJjf a;® ■ " ... Local Man Takes Salesman's Car Through Mistake E. B. Ogan, Charlotte sales man, was much disturbed here Wednesday about noon when he found his car had been taken from its parking place. He immediately notified Chief of Police Dixie Graham that the machine had been stolen, and Chief Graham in turn notified Patrolman Lee Phillips, who suggested that the radio station at Salisbury be called so that a report of the theft could be aired. This was done. A short while later Traffic Policeman Corbett Wall spot ted the salesman's car by the license number. In It was R. C. Freeman, Elkin automobile dealer. "What are you doing with that car?" the policeman wanted to know. "I don't know, but I think I must have made a mistake," Mr. Freeman was said to have replied. And he had. The machine was exactly like the one he had been driving, and Mr. Freeman went merrily home to lunch before it dawned on him he was in the wrong car. But anyway, everything is all right now. 4-H CLUB WEE APRIL 24 TO 29 Will Be Observed by All Sur ry County Members; to Sell Booster Pins PLAN INTENSIVE DRIVE 4-H Club Week will be ob served by all 4-H club members in Surry county April 24 through April 29. During that time the various clubs over the county will try to make the people in Surry county more 4-H club conscious than ever before, by explaining the work to everyone when selling the 4-H club booster pin. The 4-H club organization is an organization for the advance ment and development of rural boys and girls and is the largest organization of its kind in the world. The organization has gone far in helping to make rural boys and girls more farm and home conscious. They have learned new ways of doing things and the necessity and value of doing things by the latest and improved methods. They are learning by doing the job them selves. An intensive drive will be made by all the clubs in the county during the week April .24 through April 29 to sell as many booster pins as possible. The money will go toward helping pay for a 4-H club bus to be used for educa tional tours by 4-H club members in this county. The bus will also be used to take club members to such places as the state short course, county and state fairs and on other educational tours or any place of interest to 4-H club members. The public is asked to coop erate and help these rural boys and girls and the 4-H club organ ization in this county, by pur chasing a 4-H club booster pin from any club member in the county. Do your part and help make it possible for these boys and girls to learn by seeing as well as doing. Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated. A pill-peddler is sometimes called a doctor. KIWANIS HEARS GUEST SPEAKER Agricultural Engine e r of Duke Power Co. Gives Illustrated Talk PICTURES MODEL FARM L. L. Ray, of Greensboro, agri cultural engineer of the Duke Power Company, was guest speaker at the meeting of the Elkin Kiwanis club, held at Hotel Elkin last Thursday evening. He was presented by Kiwanian D. G. Smith, manager of the local of fice of the Duke Power Co. Mr. Ray gave an illustrated talk, picturing with slides the numerous ways in which electric power may be used to advantage on the farm and in the rural home. No longer is there a mark ed difference in the convenience, comfort and attractiveness of the city home and the rural home where electricity is employed in the numerous uses of lighting, heating, refrigeration and opera tion of devices of every sort, both in the home and in the dairy and farm activities, the speaker prov ed to his audience. The model farm which he pic tured, is the farm where elec tricity is the trained and willing servant, performing a greater volume of service and at a lesser expense than a whole staff of human laborers, in the home, the field, the dairy and in any place where light, heat or power are required. Earl C. James presided, the business period being featured by routine matters only. Present at the meeting were Rev. D. B. Mullis, of Jonesville, a guest of Prof. L. S. Weaver; Dan Barbour, guest of D. G. Smith, and Lieutenant-Governor Andrew Casey, of North Wilkesboro, who made a brief talk, and later met with the club board of directors after the meeting had adjourned. iA, Religious Census To Be Taken Here By Elkin Churches Sunday afternoon, April 23, at 2:30 a city-wide religious census will be taken, with all of the churches of the town cooperating. The census is to determine the percentage of the population now attending chureh services and to stimulate greater church attend ance. The census will be inter denominational. An inspirational meeting will be held by the workers from the various churches at the Metho dist church Friday evening at 7:30 to complete plans for the canvass. PRESCHOOL CLINIC TO BE HELD HERE APRIL 24 The annual pre-school clinic, for children who will enter school in September of this year, will be held at the elementary school auditorium Monday, April 24, at 9:30. The clinic will be conduct ed by Dr. R. B. Franklin of the Surry county heatlh department. All mothers having children who will enter school for the first time this fall are urged to bring them to this clinic. Mothers de siring diphtheria vaccine for their children, are also requested to bring them to this clinic. Mrs. I. C. Yates is chairman of the clinic, which is conducted by the county health department, in cooperation with the local Par ent-Teacher association. Dictators Continue Activity As "Peace Front" Is Scorned Police at Mount Airy Are Seeking Nude Night Rider Mt. Airy, April 18—An un identified man, described as wearing only a pair of shoes and dark glasses, is still at large after a six-day search by local police, who sought him in connection with a number of attempted night attacks on local women pedestrians, it was revealed tonight. The nude night rider, ac cording to reports, has been sighted a number of thnes as he ran his car to the curb and abandoned it to chase his would-be victim. This town has been much aroused by the continued at tempted attacks by the un known man, believed to be mentally unbalanced or erased by alcohol or dope. First re port was made to police de partment on night of April 12. Since that time other previous attempted attacks have come to light. Police have made no statements, but it is known that officers have been assign ed duties at strategic points within the city at night. 60 far the search for the myster ious nude rider has been fruit less. CO. TEACHERS IN LAST MEET Is Held in Dobson 'High School Auditorium Last Friday Afternoon FINE PROGRAM STAGED Teachers of the Surry county public school system met in the final county-wide session of» the present term on Friday afternoon in the Dobson high school audi torium, the meeting being fea tured by a full attendance and a program of particular interest and importance. J. Sam Gentry, president of the organization, presided, the pro gram opening with selections by the Mountain Park school band, followed by a group of songs by Elroy C. Alexander, teacher of public school music of Pilot Mountain high school. An im portant feature was a review and an explanation of the new school laws enacted during the recent session of the general assembly in Raleigh by Sen, Fred Folger, chairman of the education com mittee. Final reports by chairmen of standing committees for the school year were submitted. Ui. H. Shore, principal of Pilot Mountain high school, gave a re port upon "The Teachers and Public Relations." A. P. Phillips, principal of Flat Rock school, gave a report upon "Teacher Tenure." H. S. Broome, principal 'of White Plains high school, sub mitted his report upon "The Re tirement Fund for Teachers." M. G. Stanley, principal of Beulah school, submitted his re port on "Insurance for Teach ers." J. Mark McAdams, superin tendent of Elkin schools, report ed upon "Ethics of Teachers." John W. Comer, superintendent of the county public school sys tem, addressed the teachers,' briefly, commending them hearti ly for the spirit of co-operation manifested during the year and mentioned with gratification the higher certificate rating of the county teaching personnel as a whole this year, indicating more thorough qualification of the teachers, as a whole, for the im portant work of instructing youth than noted in aily previous pub lic school term. RAY JOHNSON IS PAROLED BY HOEY Ray Johnson, sentenced in Yad kin county in February 1938, to five to seven years for second de gree murder, was paroled Satur day by Gov. Hoey. Johnson was convicted of killing Avery Hemric in an affray at a Jonesville fill ing station. reikiw "The Best Little Town in North Carolina* PUBLISHED WEEKLY GERMAN FLEET TO MANEUVER NEAR BRITISH Hitler and Mussolini Acting in Close Concert HITLER NOW IN BERLIN Seek to Lure Rumania, Hun gary into Camp of the Dictators MAY IGNORE PRESIDENT Berlin, April 18. —Chancellor Adolf Hitler tonight sent his com pact but powerful German battle fleet steaming toward Spainish waters for a month of maneuvers almost under the guns of British. French and possibly some Soviet warships massing in the Mediter ranean. At the same time Hitler and Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy, acting in close concert against the Anglo - French "peace front," plunged into negotiations designed to draw Rumania and Hungary solidly into camp of the dictator ships. Hitler returned unexpectedly to Berlin during the day from Aus tria, two days in advance of a celebration planned for his 50th birthday on Thursday. The propa ganda ministry explained that his return ahead of schedule was due merely to the fact that he had completed Ills inspection of Aus train military garrisions . There were strong indications, however, that the Fuehrer had hurried back to Berlin to: 1. Consult with Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering, No. 2 Nazi, who arrived late today from Rome, bearing a message from Mussolini regarding the re ply which the Rome-Berlin axis will make to President Roosevelt's peace appeal. A high Fascist source in Rome said that Mussolini in tended to ignore the President's message and let Hitler speak for the "axis" in his address to the Nazi Reichstag on April 28. A conference between Hitler and Goering was arranged for tonight. 2. Confer with Grigore Gafencu, Rumanian foreign minister who reached Berlin today to consult on the course of future relations be tween the two countries growing out of the German-Rumanian trade pact of March 26. 3. Watch the negotiations un der way in Rome with the arrival there of Count Paul Teleki and Count Stefan Csaky, Hungarian premier and foreign minister. MISS FOSTER HONORED AT MEREDITH COLLEGE Miss Mary Elizabeth Foster, of this city, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Poster, and a sopho more at Meredith College, Ra leigh, has been elected vice-pres ident of Stririgfleld Hall for the year 1939-40. Miss Foster will be formally installed Into office, to gether with other student gov ernment officials, next week. Qualifications for nomination to this office are scholastic rat ing, Christian character, honesty and leadership. Miss Poster has also been nom inated circulation manager for the Twig, the college bi-weekly newspaper for the coming school year. TOWN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY Ist The Town of Elkin election, in which voters will elect a mayor and board of commissioners to serve for a two-year term, will be held at the new city hall Mon day, May 1. The balloting will be more or less a formality as there is only one set of candidates to be voted upon, these having been nom inated several weeks ago at a town mass meeting held at the elementary school. • Those to be voted upon, all of whom will succeed themselves, are: J. R. Fcindexter, for mayor; C. C. Myers, C. C. Poindexter, C. C. Fulp, R. C. Freeman and H. p. Graham, commissioners.
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